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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
 

National Institutes of Health; Statement of Organization, 
Functions, and Delegations of Authority

    Part H, Chapter HN (National Institutes of Health) of the Statement 
of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority for the 
Department of Health and Human Services (40 FR 22859, May 27, 1975, as 
amended most recently at 59 FR 35128, July 8, 1994) is amended to 
reflect the establishment of the Office of Policy Analysis and 
Technology Transfer (HNM16) and the Office of Research on Minority and 
Women's Health (HNM18) within the Office of the Director, National 
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (HNM1).
    Section HN-B, Organization and Functions is amended as indicated: 
(1) Under the heading National Institute of Allergy and Infectious 
Diseases (HNM), Office of the Director (HNM1), insert the following:
    Office of Policy Analysis and Technology Transfer (HNM16). (1) 
Provides support and serves as liaison to program managers in 
coordinating, integrating, and articulating long-range program goals 
and strategies; (2) is responsible for the development and coordination 
of the Institute's annual Planning and Reporting process; (3) maintains 
a continuing liaison with program planning counterparts in other ICDs 
and in the OD/NIH; (4) advises Institute Task Forces to assure that the 
charge and work of the Task Forces are directed toward the projected 
planning and evaluation needs of the Institute; (5) conducts the intra-
institute program assignments of all research, training, career and 
fellowship grant applications; (6) analyzes, interprets, and classifies 
the scientific content of research grants, contracts, and intramural 
research projects, and manages the scientific information data and 
coding of the Multi-Axis Coding System (MACS); (7) directs and 
coordinates all program evaluation activities, assessing the impact and 
focus of programs which are of major concern to the Institute; (8) 
advises on material for Congressional budget presentations; (9) directs 
and coordinates the legislative liaison, legislative tracking and 
analysis for the Institute; (10) manages the Executive Secretariat 
(controlled correspondence) functions for the Institute; (11) fosters, 
supports, and implements technology development and transfer to ensure 
that Congressional mandates outlined in the Federal Technology Transfer 
Act of 1986 are established, implemented, and monitored; and (12) 
serves as the focus for communications for trans-NIH concerns.
    Office of Research on Minority and Women's Health (HNM18). (1) 
Provides the Director, NIAID and senior staff with advice and guidance 
on matters relating to research on minority and women's health and 
enhanced minority and women's participation in research; (2) serves as 
the NIAID focal point for establishing NIAID-wide goals for minority 
and women's research and training programs and for the coordination and 
development of these programs; (3) develops and implements a trans-
NIAID plan to improve research on minority populations and women on 
diseases and conditions that affect minority and women 
disproportionately; (4) creates initiatives to enhance the research 
efforts targeted to minority and women's health, increase the 
effectiveness of outreach and education programs, and develop the 
research infrastructure at minority institutions; (5) informs the 
scientific and medical communities and other Government agencies of 
NIAID minority and women's health activities and involves them in 
efforts to expand and encourage minority and women's health research 
and training programs; and (6) assists the Director, NIAID in reviewing 
and assessing the Institute's activities with respect to clinical 
trials involving minorities and women, and collaborates with the 
Institute's Division Directors and other senior medical staff on the 
conception, design, development, and implementation of clinical trials 
which are either exclusively focused on, or include, minorities and 
women.

    Dated: July 18, 1994.
Harold Varmus,
Director, NIH.
[FR Doc. 94-18465 Filed 7-28-94; 8:45 am]
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